Improvement in gates



U TE-D TA E P ENT OFFICE HENRY A.;WEB BER, OF ROOKTON, ILLINOIS;

IMPRVEMEN T m GATEs; l

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. l74,598,:dated.Mareh7 1876 ;eipplication filed Febrnarj 8,11876.

T0 all whom z't may con'cern:

Be it known that I, HENRY ABEL WEBBER, of Rookton,in the county of Winnebago and Staate of Illinois, have invented oertain new and useful Improvements in.Gates; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, olear, and exaob desoription of the in'venti0n, such es will enable others skilled in t-he art to whioh it pertains to make and use it, referenoe being had to the aooompanyingdrawings, which fonn parl: of this speoifioation.

My invention relates 120 an improved fernagate; and it consists in the oombination and arrangement of devioes that Will be more fully described hereinafter, whereby the gate ca.n be made to opei1 from 01 toward y0u by pulling down or raising upward upon the operatingbars.

Figure 1 is a plan view of n1y invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical oross-seofiion taken through the gate. Figs. 3,4, and 5 are detail views.

a b represent the two posts, which may be either sank in the earth 01 secured 110 suitable ground-sills, as may be preferred. Through the upper end of the posts a is made a hole through whioh passes the sorew-threaded holt o, the inner end of whioh holt has a triangular hole through it, so as to f0rm the t-0p hinge for the gate d. Passed over the boll: o, inside of the hinge and bearing against the side of the post, is a oollar, e, and 011 this collar is plaoed the spider g. 'lhisspider has two r'eoessed arms, z, extending outward and slightly upward, into which tapering recesses are passed t-he inner ends of the long operatinglevers h. Thronghthe armsz' eure made sl0ts through whioh pass the fastening-bolts, the slots and tapering reoesses serving to allow the ends of the leverS to be tightened in position should they become loose by shrinkage. T0 the outer ends of the long levers h are loosely conneoted oho hanging-rods j by which the operating-levers are moved. By raising upon these rods the gate opens toward you, and by pulling down the gate swings in the opposite direotion. Frorn the spider project two other arms, k, which are also slotted and reoessed like the other two, so as to reoeive ehe short levers l. To the lower ends of these levers l are fastened chains n, whioh pass around the gate-post m, so as to be seoured 'on. the side that is away from the lever '00 which the other end of ehe ohain is attaohed. 'By these means the slightest pnll on one 0f the levers imparts both a turning mot ion to the post, and ab the same time pnlls the ga/ue baokward, so that the spindle or pivot 0 in the upper end 0f the post m moves baokward in the slot; suffioiently far t0 oause the latch l, by whioh the gate is held closed, to unfasten, when the pull 0r shoVe 0n one 0f the levers oauses in to swing in either direotion desired. T0 Ehe inner side 0f the post m is seoured a. spring-oatoh, 2, whioh catohes in one of the stops 3, secnred to eaoh 0f the outer sides of the post a, so as to hold the gate open. As soon as one of the levers h is moved oho chain aeting on' t-he post m disengages the oatch, when the slot; in the hinge allows the spindle t;o fall forwamd, when the gate swings shnt by its own Weight. The lower hinge on the gate oonsists 0f a broad flat plate er oasting, 4, apon which am formed the four projeotions 5, the two inner ones of whieh for1n the bearings and pivots 0f the gute, while the two outer ones fornn guides to make the hinge tight and prevent the gate from being pushed or pullecl oft while being opened. lhe other part of this hinge oonsist's of a broacl flat plate also, aud has the two recesses ont in its outer edge so as t0 catch over the two inner projections 5. Instead of the guides being fonued by the projeotion 5, the guide may co'nsist ofan ellipse, 6, and be plzwed between the two projections, as shown, and there be a oatoh, 7, formed 011 the outer end of the upper platze, whioh will catoh behind the ellipse, and thus prevent the gate froln being pulled or pushed off while being opened. The latoh by which the gate is held olosed oonsists of a oiroling catoh, 8, having a notoh in its upper edge, anal a springrod, 9, having a lag, v, formed on its onter edge. When the gateis being opened the Ing lifts 0ut 0f the notoh am]. swings over the top of t-he oatch, but when the gate is closing the Ing strikes against ehe side of the oatoh and 1noves inward until it; eomes opposite t0 the notch, when it springs into it. By means of the collar e a firm, solid seat is formed for the spider against the side of the post, whioh prevents it from being displaoed.

What I claixn is- 1. 'lhe socketed spider g for'holding the levers h l, eyebolt c, aud post a, in conibination witn the gate d, substantially as and for the purpose set fort h.

2. The Combiuation 0f t he Spider g, collar e, and holt o, haviug a triangular-shag)ed slot at it;s inner end, substantially as set; forth.

3. The com'bination of the ga.te pivot; o, holt c, having triangulax slot to receive said pivot, the spider g having arms to receive the levers h l, and suitable fastening to hold thegate both open und closed, substantially as deseribed.

4. 'lhe combination of the post a, holt c, havd, havin ing a tria'ngulat Slot in its innerend, spider g, operating-levers h l, chains n, gute d, lmving the hinge 4 5, whereby the gate is made to close by its own weight, and is pre.vented from bein g pulled oft the lower hingewhilia the gate is o pen' substantially as specified.

In testimouy that; I claim the foregoing I have hereqnto et my band this 7th day of February, 1876.

HENRY A. WEBBER.

Witnesses:

. ROBT. M. BARE, F. A. LEHMANN. 

